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Raleigh class Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD |
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LPD-2 USS Vancouver |
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Units |
in service |
status |
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LPD 1 USS
Raleigh |
1962 |
decommissioned
in 1991 / sunk as a target |
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LPD 2 USS
Vancouver |
1963 |
decommissioned
in 1992 / mothballed |
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LPD 3 / AGF 3 USS
La Salle |
1964 |
reclassified
to AGF-11 in 1972 / decommissioned in 2005 / sunk as a target |
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specifications / technical data: |
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Displacement: |
13600
long tons / 13820 metric tons (full load) |
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Length: |
159
meters |
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Beam: |
30
meters |
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Draft: |
7
meters |
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Speed: |
20+
knots (= 37 km/h) |
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Propulsion: |
2 boilers / 2 geared steam
turbines (24000 shp) / 2 shafts, 2 propellers |
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Aircraft: |
large
flight deck / no hangar |
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Landing crafts: |
1 LCAC or 1 LCU |
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Armament: |
4 x Mk-33
3-inch/50-caliber twin guns (removed later) 2 x Mk-15
Phalanx Close-In-Weapon-Systems (CIWS) (added
later) |
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Complement: |
ship
crew: 436 troop
accomodations: up to
1000 |
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class details |
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Mk-33 3”/50-caliber twin gun aboard USS
Raleigh (LPD 1) - 1991
with 2 Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS and 2 Mk-33 3”/50
guns (later)
with 4 Mk-33 3”/50 guns (earlier) |
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